New Kids Turbo (2010) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

After the employment office cuts off their benefits following Richard's confrontation with the official, the five friends become desperate and decide to raid the town for essentials instead of paying. Their plan involves staging a petrol station run and supermarket raids, reasoning that if the system won't support them, they won't participate in it either. This desperate act marks their complete moral collapse into reckless behavior.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, their bank card was rejected while refueling Rikkert's Opel Manta, exposing how little financial cushion remained.

• benefits cut
• unemployment
• desperate plan
• raid town

Richard confronts the official after learning that their benefits will be terminated. Frustrated and desperate, he climbs over the desk, shoves the official against the wall, and demands more money while shouting "Give us more money, 'kut'." This bold act of defiance leads directly to the next morning's letter confirming all their benefits have been cut off completely.

Foreshadowing: The visit to the employment office revealed that the benefits agency refused to provide more aid, setting up the confrontation.

• employment office
• benefits cut
• Richard
• confrontation

Barrie is accidentally shot in the head during a chaotic moment at a farmer's field where the group has gathered WWII-era weapons. As they chant a controversial anthem, a weapon misfires and the shot is traced back to Gerrie, who unexpectedly shoots Barrie. Richard makes a grim joke about "more weapons per man" in the aftermath.

Foreshadowing: The friends were invited to pick their own arms from the farmer's hidden weapons cache, setting up the fatal incident.

• Barrie death
• weapon misfire
• Gerrie shooting

Government officials decided to quell the unrest in Maaskantje by wiping the village off the map, but their plan comically backfired when Schijndel was bombed by mistake. Authorities claimed a rogue Belgian missile caused the error and insisted there was no war between the Netherlands and Belgium, adding absurd confusion to the escalating crisis.

Foreshadowing: The escalating tension and media coverage of the group's antics created pressure on authorities to take extreme action.

• Schijndel bombing
• government plan
• mistake
• villagers evacuation

Gerrie takes Barrie to visit an old friend known as "The Lumberjack," who is actually professional kickboxer Peter Aerts, to borrow a substantial amount of money. With this loan, they go to a casino and gamble everything on a single number, surprisingly winning against the odds. However, their celebration is short-lived as Rikkert later loses his Opel Manta to the tow yard after a chase.

Foreshadowing: The friends were desperate for money after their bank card was rejected and their benefits were cut.

• Peter Aerts
• loan
• casino win
• Lumberjack

Gerrie is expelled from his mother's house after he attempts to steal her purse. This personal upheaval forces him to seek refuge with the other friends at Richard and Robbie's home, contributing to the group dynamic where all five end up living together and planning their reckless schemes.

Foreshadowing: Home life fractures across multiple characters, with Barrie's cannabis farm also catching fire around the same time.

• Gerrie
• mother
• purse theft
• expelled

A sympathetic Brabant TV journalist covers the group's story, casting them as victims of circumstance rather than criminals. This media coverage goes viral and sparks a wave of imitation riots in other towns, where people begin replicating the group's tactics of refusing to pay and raiding local businesses.

Foreshadowing: The friends' outlandish behavior had already included a petrol station run and supermarket raid.

• media coverage
• journalist
• riots
• viral
• Brabant TV

Rikkert loses his Opel Manta to the tow yard after a chase, leaving them with little more than a single wheel still attached to the curb. This happens after their casino win, when their sense of invincibility is at its peak, symbolizing how quickly their fortunes can collapse.

Foreshadowing: The casino win gave them a dangerous sense of invincibility, but their reckless behavior continued to have consequences.

• Opel Manta
• Rikkert
• tow yard
• chase

The delivery rider from the Chinese restaurant becomes a casualty in the early chaos of the evacuation. During the group's resistance against advancing troops, the rider is killed in the crossfire, marking one of the darker casualties of the escalating conflict.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, the friends had ordered from the Chinese takeaway but refused to pay when it arrived, creating ongoing tension.

• Chinese takeaway
• delivery rider
• casualty
• death

The five friends are arrested along with their allies including Manuela, the former police chief, and others, and charged with a long list of offenses stemming from their raids, violent confrontations, and role in the overall chaos. They are each sentenced to 240 hours of community service. Despite this punishment, the film ends on a note of reluctant solidarity as they serve their time together.

Foreshadowing: Richard had punched the debt collector and police chief, and the group engaged in numerous illegal activities throughout the film.

• arrest
• community service
• sentence
• consequences